The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
Bands of Desperate Wen from Cincinnati,
Louisville. st. Louis and Other Points Re-
ported To Be on Their Way to Chicago.
PLEAS FOR MERCY.

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Affects Chicago Policemen.
| CHICAGO, Nov. 5-Day after day the names of
long lists of citizens who have hitherto been en-
| phatic in their demands for the infiction of the
! extreme penalty of the law on the condemned
| Anarchists appear attached to petitions for COM
| mutation. Among these, the names of eminent
members of the bar and bench attract the1 most
| attention. a reporter requested several of the
legal lights to give their reasons for signing the
| petitions. W. c. Cloudy said:
"Those men are guilty: there is doubt of
that. They guilty of murder but it must
| be remembered that this is not of ordin-
| airy physical assassination. The question is
| whether they should be punished to the fullest
| extent of the law This is the first time that
question has come up since the jury decided it.
| Judge Gary might have passed upon it in deny
| ing a new trial, but did not. The Supreme
Court OF the State simply declared that there
no legal error in the record of that trial. and tho
| Supreme Court of the United States declared
that there was no legal ground upon which they
could take up and review the trial. 1t comes
now for the Governor to decide whether not
the extreme penalty should be melted out
to these men, 1t may be urged in their
favor that they had often before talked more
violently than they did at the Haymarket meet
ing The Mayor of the city. its highest officer,
was appealed to suppress their talk and stop
their paper, but ne refused, insisting that they
had right to talk and write that way. This
gave them kind of license for the talk the night
of the murder. It a question of public pol
icy. and l am certain the execution of these men
is not the way to suppress anarchistic ideas
socialistic tendencies among the masses. My
idea is that they should be sent to Joliet for life,
put into stripes. and treated simply common
fslons. These men honest in their declara-
tion tnat they wouid rather be hung than sent
to prison for life. The point is that they will
be robbed of all romance, the sentimentality.
the exatation of marty rdom."
Ex-senator Trumbull said: 81 am not taking
an active part in this matter, but signed the
petition because thought it best. Twas
not altogether satisfied with tho manner in
which the trial Of the Anarchists was conducted.
1t took place at time of great public excite
ment, when it was about i'm apostolic that they
should have a fair and impartial trial. A terri
bic crime had been committed, which was at
tributed to the Anarchists, and in some respects
the trial had the appearance of trial of
organization known Anarchists. rather than
OF persons indicted for the murder of began.
Several Of the condemned were not at the meet
ing where the bomb thrown, and none of
them, as I understand, was directly connected
with its throwing. The condemned claim, how
ever enormously to be the advocates of
principle, and to execute them would, in my
judgment, be bad policy. 1t will be claimed for
them that they were executed as martyrs to
cause. while II put IN prison they will soon be
forgotten"
Judge Moran said his reasons for signing the
petition were similar to those of ex-senator
TrumbulL 1t is now simply a question of pub
lie policy" he said whether or not those men
should be hanged. Mere pity for the men cuts no
figure. 1t is not customary in this country
hang fellow for talking. The sentiment is to
let him talk; that the people will be all right
men to become martyrsa Among the laborIng
and middle classes will it give rise the be-
lief. unfounded though it be, that man of
wealth say what he pleases, but il laborsr
or labor's mouth-piece talks he Will be hangeda
Many acts well statements miscon-
strued and developed into far-reaching conse-
Quences."
Judge Frank Baker, who is now sitting in the
Criminal Court, signed a petition for commu-
tation this morning.
The reasons given by these gentlemen seem
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petitioners Now that there to be a
stampede in the direction of the Communication of
the sentences of the convicted Anarchists, it
may be well to mention what the effect of it has
already been in a very important section OF the
COMMUNICATES police force Already feeling
akin TO dismay has arisen among the blue-coats
veteran officer voiced the general sentiment
of the force this morning when he said 'If
these men are allowed to triumph over the law
through the 'meddlesome Intervention of the
people to save whose lives and property we
risked our that awful night OF May f.
you will find that the police force of Chicago
will never fight another battle with Chi
cago Anarchists. It is all very well to
say it is terrible thing to take
seven human lives; but 1 say it is not more ter
rible than the way in which they took the lives
of seven of our boys and MANNED dozens Of them
that May evening. But suppose the life Of
police officer is nothing when weighed against
that of Anarchist. suppose it is our duty
to be butchered in defense of the community
and receive no protection from that community.
/ say no protection, for the only protection We
receive is the fitting punishment of those
offenders whom we have brought to bay It ID
all right for judges to say that these men will
preach their doctrines more clog uently dead than
alive but tell you il they escape the galows
the doctrines Of anarchy will be preached SO elo-
quently that those who took part in obtaining
the Communication will live to rue the day they
did For our part the police of Chicago will be
more cautious in risking their lives and facing
Anarchist bombs than they were year ago last
May II the all mercy an d no justice doctrine is
to obtain"
The discomfort it ia believed will soon find
some strong public expression
1t is stated to-day that Anarchist Lingg still
refuses to sign any petition for executive Glenn
ency. Mrs. Parsons seemed to be- in excellent
humor. She chatted with her husband for if
teen or twenty minutes and then hustled out.
She carried a basket full of Gen. Trumbufs
little pamphlet The red cover has been dis
carded and they are bound in green. eft suits
the police better" said Mrs Parsons, cheerfuily.
The usual number of visitors, the wives and
friends the condemned men to-day. States
Attorney Griuneu gave instructions this morn
ing, to the clerks of the Criminal Courts to pre-
pare calendars for next week. This means
that there to be no courts, in anticipation Of
the execution.
Last night Nina Van Zandt and her mother
called on Captain Sctaak and officers at the
Chicago-avenue station. Miss Van Zandt pre-
scented a petition TO Governor Oglesby asking for
communication of the sentence on the Anarchists.
and requested the Captain to sign it. She
pleaded with him for thirty minutes but
the doughty police officer declined attach his
signature. The girl asked and obtained per-
mission TO solicit the officers in the station for
their names but failed to secure a single one.
Before leaving she distributed number of
umbull's pamphlets, WAS 1t a Fair Tral2'
and left lot more OF them the sergeapt's
desk, by whom, at Schsak's command, they
were promptly consigned to the waste basket as
soon as she had left the building. Il
The Plea Made by Spies, Schwab and Fielden.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5-An extraordinary COM
munication signed by Spies, Schwab and